This 5′ minute TED talk – “The Power of Mentoring” – emphasizes long term benefits flowing from the role.
Category: Kaizen/learning organization
Tuckman Ladder
Here is a one-minute explanation of a useful, long-standing model of project team evolution – the Tuckman Ladder. This model is useful largely as a way to inform team members about “where they are” in a project, from an internal/team perspective, that is, a way that does not rely on scope, schedule, or budget frameworks. […]
Scrum vs. Kanban
Nice 5.5′ video explaining these two approaches to agile project management. It is also a useful introduction to PMi’s 6 Disciplined Dgile Delivery lifecycles, of which, 4 are based on Scrum and Kanban.
Lean Roadmapping
Here is a fine 43′ presentation on the topic of “lean roadmapping”. It connects a) product discovery, risk management, and day-to-day project work to b) corporate goverance, “North Star” objectives, and power relationships between C-level and project teams. As presented here, the work of “roadmapping” corresponds in many ways to what is also called in […]
Goals vs. KPI’s
Good short explanation of the difference.
Introduction to Project Quality Management
This 18′ explanation is based on PMBOK 6th edition. Why are we posting links to resources based on 6 now that PMBOK 7 is available? Though PMBOK 7 does address quality (in the “Delivery” performance domain), it does not treat quality itself as a performance domain. As a result, it does not organize quality constructs […]
Cause Effect/Fishbone/Ishikawa Diagram
A fun 2′ cartoon introduction. A more in-depth presentation via slide deck
Project Quality Management
Comprehensive 11′ overview, organized per PMI’s PMBOK 6.
Tailoring Project Life Cycle
28′ video by Cogent Language. This visual project walkthru shows how to use PMI’s new 7th Edition PMBOK® Guide to tailor a project lifecycle to a specific business context. It also offers guidance on how virtual teams can customize any consistent set of authorities, standards, principles, or methodologies to any specifc project situation or challenge […]
Project Life Cycle Selection
Excellent 9′ video